Renal-Electrolyte News and Events
Kidney-CHAMP program provides framework for future interventions for patients with kidney disease
Led by Dr. Manisha Jhamb, the program improved patient access to specialists and educational materials.
ASCI honors Drs. Babak Razani, Aravind Cherukuri, and Yijia Li
Dr. Babak Razani elected as a new ASCI member while Dr. Aravind Cherukuri and Dr. Yijia Li named Early-Career Awardees by the ASCI for their dedication to advancing biomedical research as physician scientists.
Renal-Electrolyte Division receives an NIDDK U54 George M. O’Brien Kidney National Resource Center award
The center will provide critical resources to investigators across the nation to advance studies of kidney function.
Ora Weisz, PhD, is the recipient of the 2023 Sandra K. Masur Senior Leadership Award
The award given by the American Society of Cell Biology honor outstanding career scientists with a record of mentoring women and individuals from underrepresented groups.
Four Department of Medicine faculty awarded Richard King Mellon Foundation Awards for aging-related research
Drs. Lori Birder (Renal-Electrolyte), Yuan Liu (Pulmonary/Aging Institute), Andrey Parkhitko (Endocrinology/Aging Institute), and Bokai Zhu (Endocrinology/Aging Institute) receive a total of $1 million for translational research on aging.
Three junior faculty in the Department of Medicine honored by the ASCI for their commitment to research
Drs. Cary Boyd-Shiwarski and Mark Snyder have been awarded ASCI Young Physician-Scientist Awards while Dr. Richard Ramonell has been named a recipient of the Emerging-Generation Award.
Second annual awardees of the KARAT Catalytic Grants announced
Thirteen junior faculty from across the Department of Medicine have received awards to facilitate their transition to R-level funding.
Renal-Electrolyte faculty Cary Boyd-Shiwarski, MD, PhD, and Arohan Subramanya, MD, uncover how cells manage volume
Their recent study in the journal Cell shows how WNK kinases activate the “switch” that returns cell volume to equilibrium through a process called phase separation.
Manisha Jhamb, MD, MPH, to collaborate with Bayer to improve care delivery for those with chronic kidney disease
Associate Professor in Renal-Electolyte, Dr. Jhamb will use real-world data to determine how population health management may improve care for those with CKD.
NIDDK U01 multidisciplinary grant awarded to DOM faculty for an AKI scientific and data research center
This cross-divisional collaboration among Drs. Kaleab Abebe, Linda Fried, and Paul Palevsky will support the Caring for OutPatiEnts after Acute Kidney Injury (COPE-AKI) Consortium, which develops and tests interventions to reduce morbidity among high-risk patients with moderate or severe acute kidney injury.
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